users query
// WP_User_Query arguments $args = array( 'role' => 'Marketer', 'exclude' => array( 18 ), 'search' => 's', 'search_columns' => array( 'user_login', 'user_email' ), 'meta_query' => array( 'relation' => 'OR', array( 'key' => 'vh_user_nid', 'value' => '$', 'compare' => 'LIKE', 'type' => 'NUMERIC', ), array( 'key' => 'first_name', 'value' => '$', 'compare' => 'LIKE', 'type' => 'CHAR', ), array( 'key' => 'last_name', 'value' => '$', 'compare' => 'LIKE', 'type' => 'CHAR', ), array( ), ), 'fields' => array( 'ID', 'user_login' ), ); // The User Query $user_query = new WP_User_Query( $args );